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Will of Maria Ray, widow, 1882 (proved 1888)
Principal Registry
This is the last Will and Testament of Maria Elizabeth Ray Widow of No. 4 Belle Vue Terrace Station Road Winslow in the County of Bucks I hereby bequeath give to my beloved daughter Maria Susanna Ray all the property that I may have in my possession at the time of my decease namely money rents and [illegible] for her the said Maria Susanna Ray to have and to hold absolutely and independently for her use notwithstanding her coverture as if she wear a fem sole Furthermore I desire and direct that my daughter Maria Susanna Ray may not be subject to any control in payment of any debts or engagements for which her husband may at the time of my death or after my decease become liable all the property I leave at my death is for my daughters separate use as aforesaid In witness I the said Maria Elizabeth Ray have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand this 25th day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighty two
Maria Elizabeth Ray [signature]
Signed by the said Maria Elizabeth Ray the testatrix as for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us both being present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
Richard Collyns Allen [signature] M.A. Curate of Winslow
Thomas Fredick Vaisey [signature] M.R.C.S. Winslow Bucks
On the 20th day of April 1888 Adm(inistrati)on (with this Will annexed) of the effects of testatrix was granted to Maria Susanna Ray (wife of William Henry Ray) Universal Legatee
BE IT KNOWN that at the date hereunder written the last Will and Testament of Maria Elizabeth Ray late of No. 4 Belle Vue Terrace Station Road Winslow in the County of Buckingham Widow, deceased who died on the 24th day of February 1888, at No. 4 Belle Vue Terrace aforesaid, made and executed her last Will and Testament and did not therein name any Executor.
AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN, that at a date hereunder written, Letters of Administration with the Will of the personal estate of the said Testatrix were granted by Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice at the Principal Registry of the Probate Division thereof to Maria Susanna Ray (wife of William Henry Ray) of No. 4 Belle Vue Terrace aforesaid the Daughter the Universal Legatee named in the said Will she having been first sworn to well and faithfully to administer the same
Dated the 20th day of April 1888
Gross value of Personal Estate £269 – 4 - 6
Notes
In the 1881 Census, Maria E. Ray, widow aged 61, owner of house property, born at Pimlico, was living at 4 Belle Vue Terrace (now 31 Station Road) with her daughter Maria aged 41, owner of house property, son-in-law William H. Ray, 45, professor of chemistry, and four grandchildren. William was briefly the proprietor of the Collegiate School in Sheep Street. Maria senior may have been the first occupant of the house, which was built in about 1877.
In 1861 Maria (already a widow, nee Baker) and her daughter were living at her brother-in-law's school, Thorn House in Ealing. Maria the daughter married her cousin who was a master there. He had taken over as head of the school by 1871. The school was still being run by William H. Ray in 1878, but appears to have closed and then re-opened under new management. In 1891, Maria junior and William were living at Warkworth, Oxon, and he had become an insurance agent.